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In any society, power decides whose voice becomes truth.

Power decides whose voice becomes truth and whose reputation has staying power

When dominant narratives control how communities or individuals are perceived, reputations are reduced to stereotypes, biases emerge, achievements are undervalued and potential…

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To Sidney, with love: The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary is a collaboration with his family and honours the first black man to ever win an Academy Award (for Lilies of the Field, in 1964).

One Film, Two Takes: Sidney

This documentary tracks the life of an actor who walked a tightrope in white Hollywood

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng in her matric year.

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng: From learning under a tree to international recognition

How the UCT vice chancellor used education to transcend circumstance

When an entire political class comes to be seen as rotten it is not uncommon for people to become deeply cynical about liberal democracy, says the writer (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

A genuine democracy is needed

Stability demands that those who are brutally excluded must be given a meaningful voice

Beyonce and Jay-Z perform ‘Young Forever’ at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100

Global Citizen: Preaching the good news according to Madiba

The festival is aimed at addressing social ills Sunday’s concert had the makings of a charismatic church crusade

Non-Americans often ask me what it has been like to live through President Donald Trump’s administration after the heady years of Obama. The answer, for me, is complicated.

Feminism’s got its groove back

The Trump era seems to have revitalised the urgency to tackle gender inequality

At the start of the Golden Globes on Sunday

Oprah 2020? Awards speech ignites frenzied speculation

Republican strategist Rick Wilson suggested Trump’s election, once unthinkable, had rewritten the rules.

Oprah Winfrey poses backstage with her Cecil B. De Mille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.

It was all black, everything

The red carpet at the 75th Golden Globes was dominated by stars dressed in all black, to honour survivors and victims of sexual assaults.

Shattered dreams: 150 migrants were recently flown back to Nigeria from Libya

The weekly pop sack: Midweek roasts, appropriation and black excellence

"We have entered the era of representation in the movies. Storytelling that speaks to the diverse experiences of people"

Students out in the cold as Cida forced to close

The private, no-fee university has been deregistered by the education authorities after falling into the red to the tune of some R30m.

‘Happy’ brings Pharrell to tears during Oprah interview

Singer and songwriter Pharrell Williams has ended up in tears after Oprah Winfrey showed him how his hit became a worldwide phenomenon.

Oprah Winfrey. (Jurie Senekal, ‘O, the Oprah Magazine’)

Oprah’s advice to SA: Be still and be thankful

Oprah Winfrey’s O You! conference has been marked by words of wisdom and the launch of her TV network OWN in SA.

Actors Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines (left) and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from Lee Daniels’s ‘The Butler’. (AP)

‘The Butler’ cruises to the top of box offices

Civil rights drama "The Butler" by director Lee Daniels has taken home its second US and Canadian box office title.

Actor Forest Whitaker

Oprah says sorry for Switzerland racism brouhaha

Oprah Winfrey has apologised about the media frenzy that emerged after she said she experienced racism at a shop during a trip to Switzerland.

Oprah Winfrey receives an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree at Harvard University on May 30.

Oprah takes top spot on Forbes celebrity list

After two years as a runner-up, Oprah Winfrey has been named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes.

Angelina Jolie’s style to fund Afghanistan schools

Actor Angelina Jolie has opened another girls school in Afghanistan and plans to fund more from the proceeds of a jewellery line.

Armstrong: From doping to duping — and back again

The saddest story I have ever heard about sport was told to me in November 2010 by a man who cheated to win the Tour de France, writes Paul Kimmage.

Oprah: Lance can be a hero again

Oprah Winfrey believes Lance Armstrong can be a hero again and that people will be willing to forgive him.

Newspaper sues Armstrong who now faces jail time

David Walsh, the journalist who queried disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s remarkable comeback from cancer, has accepted the American’s apology.